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G. E. PHELAN.

BILLIARD TABLE CUSHION.

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No. 359,031. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. PHELAN, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,031, dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed June 22, 1880. Serial No. 205,907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PHELAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Billiard-Table Cushions, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and which is a sectional elevation of a part of a billiard-table to which my improvement has been applied.

The object of this invention is to provide billiard-tablecushions constructed in such a manner that the said cushions will prevent the balls from embedding themselves in the cushions, and at the same time will have an increased elasticity over cushions constructed in the ordinary manner, and will cause the balls to rebound in such directions that the angles of reflection shall be equal to the angles of incidence.

The invention consists in an indiarubber cushion for a billiard-table, having a tube placed in a longitudinal perforation thereof near the operative edge, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then claimed.

A represents the table-bed, B the table side or rail, and G the cushion-bed, all of which parts are constructed and connected in the ordinary manner.

D is the cushion, which is made of indiarubber, in triangular form, and with a longitudinal recess, E, in its base.

In the forward part of the cushion D, near its operative edge, is formed a longitudinal (No model.)

perforation, F, in which is placed a tube, G, made of hard rubber, gutta-pereha, celluloid, metal, or other suitable material.

The table-bed A, the cushion-bed C, and the cushion D are covered with cloth H, in the ordinary manner.

WVith this construction, when a billiard-ball strikes the cushion D, the tube G prevents the said ball from bedding itself in the said cushion, and at the same time distributes the force of the balls impact along the cushion for a considerable distance and is itself slightly bent by the blow, so thatthe ball willbe thrown back so strongly by the elasticity of the rub ber, supplemented by the elasticity of the tube, that the angle of reflection will be exactly equal to the angle of incidence, and the direction of the rebound can be accurately estimated.

I am aware that india-rubber cushions for billiard-tables have been made with wires embedded along their operative edges; also, with flat plates and metal coils molded into their faces near their operative edges, and I make no claim to such constructions; but

\Vhat I do claim as of my invention is- An india-rubber cushion for abilliard-table, having a tube placed in a longitudinal perforation thereof near the operative edge, substantially as herein shown and described.

GEORGE E. PHELAN.

lVitnesses:

JAMEs 'I. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIoK. 

